A Disney fan site called Stitch Kingdom has published what they claim to be the first clear image of Belle and the beast from the upcoming live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. In it, you can see a woman who looks a lot like Emma Watson in Belle drag dancing uncomfortably with a creature who looks a lot like…

There are some writers who enter our consciousness at just the right time and remain firmly lodged there for life, affecting, like a penny in a drinking fountain, the taste of everything that comes after. I am speaking primarily of the books one reads between about the ages of 17 and 20. Whether classics or assigned…